About ‘Cirrhipathes’ by Enak Cortebeeck
Along the tip of this whip coral (Cirrhipathes), a species of black coral, the dark skeleton is visible beneath the pale exterior.
Its polyps cannot retract fully into the skeleton, leaving them permanently exposed along the branch — a characteristic that has earned these corals the alternative name ‘barbed wire coral’.
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ENAK CORTEBEECK is an Antwerp-based art director and designer, working in film, television, children’s media, user experience and socio-cultural campaigns. He has worked for clients including the BBC, Warner Bros., the European Union and De Filistijnen.
As well as his work as a designer, Enak is an underwater photographer. In his images, he explores texture, colour and the silent geometry of coral ecosystems.
Much of his underwater work was created in the…